Question

When a person moves from blaming minority members for their conditions to blaming the social system as a source of racial or ethnic problems, he or she is probably in the _____ stage of majority identity development.

Answer 1

ANSWER: RESISTANCE STAGE

EXPLANATION: RESISTANCE STAGE occurs when an individual or person moves from blaming the minority for their condition to blaming their own dominant group (social system) as a source of problems.

However, this stage is further divides into two forms;

A. Passive resistance; occurs when an individual exhibit little behavioral change to support the minorities against the social system, as the source of ethnic or racial problems.

B. Active resistance; which occurs when an individual act in other to challenge, reduce, or abolish the policies that fight the minorities.

Answer 2

Answer: Resistance

Explanation:

Resistance : Embraces and holds a positive attitude toward and preference for his or her own race and cultural heritage; rejects dominant values of society and culture; focuses on eliminating oppression within own racial/cultural group, likely to possess considerable feelings including distrust and anger toward dominant cultural groups and anything that may represent them; places considerable value on characteristics that represent one's own cultural groups without question; develops a growing appreciation for others from racially and culturally diverse groups.